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I didn't play 4th Edition but liked they way it handled alignment by giving us the "Unaligned" option. It was a better solution than my...

I didnt mind 3e's big cosmic Evil and Good, or Elrics ideas of Law and Chaos but applying it to human behaviour is dumb, I much prefer...

I find alignment useful for a general starting point on personality and viewpoint. For a lot of enemies it's a good starting point or...

I think as a shorthand for an NPC’s personality or view of the world, it was a useful tool. It was much less useful and active source of...

Given that, fundamentally, it is designed to be a violence game, having at least some enemies be readily identifiable as inescapably...

I think alignment is useful as a quick way to understand how to play a monster or Non-Player Character. It is also useful in portraying...

It's only bad when the Players feel like they're being railroaded.

Sure, but as soon as something is picked and fleshed out by GM it’s an instant railroad, right?

I would generalize further and say that any campaign that starts with the GM having an endpoint in mind (barring a TPK) is a railroad...

I agree to go out with friends. We decide, after some back and forth, that we prefer to go to a coffee and tea shop. At the coffee and...

I personally prefer the Hydra method. There are three or four major paths the party can follow, and the player chooses which path and...

There is no halfway between “prepped adventure” and “nonexistent adventure”

I told my Players that this is an adventure path called The Curse of the Crimson Throne. It is an adventure path, which means there is a...

Two thoughts 1. The problem isnt being put on the train. The problem is not being allowed off the train. 2. Railroads may not be...

To me, "linear adventure" seems like a description of the way a pre-written scenario is presented: as a sequence of "scenes" or "events"...